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Sunday, November 3, 2013

YES, WE are still alive and we've been up to ALL sorts of crafting...unfortunately, we have been so busy making stuff that we haven't had time to blog about any of it. {maybe one day we will get it all updated on here}. For now, I have a project that I want to share:

I wanted to make a board to hold my running bibs and medals {even though I only have one right now, I am planning on getting more!}. I looked on Pinterest and got a few ideas, but I wanted it to be a little different so I made a few changes, of course....I can never leave well enough alone!!!

I started with a piece of pine that is 36" long and 5 1/2" tall. I took a chisel and roughed up the edges of my wood and then painted my board all black. After it dried, I painted it with two or three coats of turquoise. I love how the black shows through in the spots where I chiseled it. {I tried not to get the turquoise in those spots too much so I didn't have to sand them out}.

I also sanded the edges and then painted them with a little black paint on my finger. {Just to emphasize the black a little more}.

Then I had to do some math and figure out how it was all going to work....and I had to find knobs that would work for my medals {I didn't want just nails}, I wanted something different. I found these knobs at Wal-mart and they were PERFECT! {They were about $6 per package and I needed 3 of them}.

Amy helped me cut out the vinyl on the Silhouette, it says

"I RUN BECAUSE I CAN"

"The miracle isn't that I finished, it's that I had the courage to start"

I LOVE how it turned out!!

I just measured our bibs and left about 8" on each end for the clips and the bibs, I put the knobs 2 1/2" apart across the board and got 6 knobs on it.

I had originally planned to hang it in our living room above the desk, but I didn't like it there so we decided to hang it up in our bedroom {good thing it's turquoise too}. We LOVE it, and can't wait to fill it up with bibs and medals!!

And No, Jason hasn't run any races yet, but we are registered for the Downers Grove Turkey Trot together on Thanksgiving morning!! Should be fun.

I needed to make ONE apron for a friend....and I ended up making SEVEN!!! Yes, I have a problem! I should open a factory!! I LOVE how they all turned out!!

FULL APRON:

Take an apron you like {I used two different ones to get exactly what I wanted} lay apron on top of fabric you wish to use. Pin to keep in place. Cut exact pattern ADDING 1" to each side. {I didn't add to the bottom because I didn't want my apron any longer and I knew I would be adding the ruffle.}

Amy helped me cut out some vinyl for a few projects and I wanted to share them with you...I found the original idea for this on Pinterest and just tweeked it a little bit {of course I did}. I wanted a shirt like this after the half marathon and knew that we could make it for next to nothing. LOVE how it turned out!!

I also had some vinyl that is supposed to be put on a board to measure your kids growth, but I decided to just put it right on the wall....to replace this system.....

LOVE how it looks now!! {I just used scrapbook stickers for the number and names}

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My Name is Amy Anderson and I love to craft. I love to see other people's ideas and make them my own. I have three adorable kids that make it fun for me to crafts since they love to make messes too. This blog is to show you things that I make that I have usually found on the internet or from friends and tweaked it a bit to make it my own. Hope you enjoy the fun. Email me if you have questions at amy.kirstensmom (at) gmail (dot) com

My name is Liberty Cameron and I love to craft {mostly with Amy}. I have a ten year old boy who doesn't really want me to "craft" anything for him so I make lots of gifts. Amy and I work together to redesign all the fun ideas we find online to make them our own. I scrapbook full time for my "real" job and love being able to be creative. Email me questions at lbrtychic (at) gmail (dot) com and check out my scrapbooking blog too. {Liberty's Layouts button below}